OF GOD THE FATHER.
5. LORD’S DAY.
*26. What believest thou when thou sayest “I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and Earth?”
That the eternal Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (Eph. 1;3), who of nothing made heaven and earth, with all that is in them (Heb. 11;3); who likewise upholds and governs the same by his eternal counsel and providence (Eph. 1;11); is, for the sake of Christ his Son, my God and my Father (John 20;17); on whom I rely so entirely, that I have no doubt but that he will provide me with all things necessary for soul and body (1 Pet. 5;7); and further, that he will make whatever evils he sends upon me in this valley of tears, turn out to my advantage (Rom. 8;28); for he is able to do it, being Almighty God, and willing, being a faithful Father (Ps. 103;13).
Eph. 1;3.—Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.—1 John 4;14.—John 17;1.
Heb. 11;3.—Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.—Gen. 1;1.—Jer. 32;17.—Acts 4;24.
Eph. 1;11.—He worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.—Heb. 1;3.—Ps. 148;1-6.—Ps. 103;19.—Neh. 9;6.
John 20;17.—Go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God.—1 John 3;1.—Gal. 4;6, 7.—John 1;12.
